You may search DELCAT Discovery using specific subject headings that refer to your topic. For assistance in selecting headings to locate books, Ask a Librarian. Below are sample subject headings:
Abolitionists
African American women--Biography
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--History--19th century
Antislavery movements
Freedmen
Fugitive slaves
Reconstruction
Slave insurrections
Slave narratives
Slave trade
Slaveholders
Slavery in the United States
Slavery in the United States--Condition of slaves
Slaves--Emancipation--United States
Slaves--United States--Biography
Underground railroad
Women slaves
The Library offers a wealth of historical information on slavery, abolition and the Underground Railroad. In addition to using resources listed on the other pages of this guide, you may also use these to start your research.
Below are a few databases that will provide you with articles written during slavery (primary sources), as well as those written in later periods (secondary sources).
Resources for researching the past, present, & future of African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, & Africa itself. Comprised of several cross-searchable component databases.
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Newspapers written during the slavery era are valuable primary sources, while current newspapers such as the Wilmington News Journal will provide helpful secondary accounts of the Underground Railroad.
Includes the following: